Minnesota Public Radio Stories

• Some Red Lake members grieve from 300 miles away
  On and off the reservation, Red Lake Ojibwe will remember the 10 people who died in a school shooting a year ago.7:20 a.m.
• Gay marriage ban kept from vote as heat stays on Johnson
  Chief Justice Russell Anderson stressed that no members of the high court ever spoke with Johnson about whether the state's law banning gay marriage could withstand a legal challenge.7:25 a.m.
• North Dakota officials look for water
  Even as National Weather Service forecasters predict major flooding in the Red River Valley this spring, North Dakota officials are planning for future droughts. For the past six years, planners have worked to find alternate sources of water for eastern North Dakota.7:50 a.m.
• Busy week in Minnesota sports
  In sports, the Minnesota Wild will host the Calgary Flames tonight while the Timberwolves take on Shaquille O'Neal and the Miami Heat at the Target Center. Morning Edition Sports Commentator Steve Rudolph provides an update on the local sports news.7:55 a.m.
• Bridges project pushes forward without city approval
  A St. Paul developer is pushing ahead with plans to build a $1 billion project along the Mississippi River. There's just one catch. The city has not approved the project.8:25 a.m.

National Public Radio Stories

• Feeding the World with Deep-Sea Fish Farms
  A Hawaiian firm has become one of the first to launch deep-sea fish farms. In waters some 200 feet deep, Kona Blue is raising fish in giant netted cages. The company says this type of large-scale, open-ocean aquaculture may be the answer to the world's over-fishing woes.
• In Basra, Anniversary Marked by Disappointment
  Three years after the invasion of Iraq, one of its largest cities is beset by disappointment and fear. Residents of Basra say they feel forgotten by their own political leaders and embittered by unkept promises of the U.S. and British forces that ousted Saddam Hussein.
• City Leaders Propose New Design for New Orleans
  New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin has released a report that lays out a plan to rebuild the city. The report and plan were produced by a special local commission made up of business, religious and civic leaders. The group looked at how best to redesign city government, restore public services and revitalize the region's economy.
• Japan Tops Cuba to Grab World Baseball Crown
  Japan can call itself the world champion of baseball. The Japanese team captured the inaugural World Baseball Classic by beating Cuba 10-6 in the championship game San Diego.
• Conviction Overturned for Banking Star Quattrone
  Frank Quattrone, a leading investment banker during the Internet boom, may face a third trial after an appeals court tossed out his conviction. The court concluded the jury was improperly advised during his 2004 trial. Quattrone was convicted on charges that he obstructed a government probe into stock offerings at the height of the dot-com boom.
• Bush Takes Questions on Iraq, Rumsfeld and Wiretapping
  President Bush is denying claims that Iraq is in the grips of civil war, while admitting that there is public unease about the U.S. involvement there. Speaking at a White House news conference, the president warned of more tough fighting to come.
• Songwriter Al Anderson Returns to his Roots as a Performer
  Music journalist Ashley Kahn talks with guitarist and songwriter Al Anderson about his new album, After Hours. Anderson has been in the music business for four decades. He has written a string of country hits for Nashville's biggest stars. Despite his success as a songwriter, Anderson says the urge to perform again has proved too strong to resist.
• Aid on the Agenda as Liberian President Visits the U.S.
  Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is on an official visit to the United States. The country's three million people were uprooted and its infrastructure demolished during 14 years of fighting. President Sirleaf hopes to secure reconstruction aid during a lunch visit to the White House.
• Empowered by Technology, Indians Fight Government Corruption
  Armed with cell phones and laptops, India's growing consumer class pitches into the battle to clean up the judiciary and police. They are leading a massive outcry over the murder of a fashion model, who was shot in a Delhi bar by the son of a politician. The killer has just been acquitted.
• Exit Exam Stirs up Education Controversy in California
  Fifty thousand California high school students are taking a test that will decide whether or not they graduate with their classmates. Supporters say the exit exam keeps education standards high, while critics see it as unfair to poor and minority students.
• 'The Dead Beat' Highlights the Joy of Obituary Writing
  A new book celebrates the appeal of the newspaper's obituary page. Renee Montagne talks to Marilyn Johnson, author of The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs and the Perverse Pleasures of Obituaries.
• Britain Loses 'Mouser-in-Chief
  Britain is mourning a political legend who died on Monday. Humphry the Cat was "mouser-in-chief" to two conservative prime ministers. And when Labor Prime Minister Tony Blair sent him into retirement, it caused an uproar. Political opponents accused Blair of having the cat put down. The Labor government had to release photos proving Humphry was alive.
• Dream Job Opens for Secretary of State Rice
  Condoleezza Rice's dream job is finally available. It's not the White House. The secretary of state has said, half-jokingly, that she wishes she could become commissioner of the National Football League. Now, for the first time in years, that job is open after NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced his retirement.
• Bush Makes the Case for Progress in Iraq
  President Bush says the stabilization of one Iraqi city, once run by insurgents loyal to al Qaeda, gives him confidence in the administration's strategy in Iraq. As the war opened its fourth year, the president took questions at a forum in Cleveland on Monday, urging people to look beyond the bloodshed to see the progress.
• Cheney Visits GOP Loyalists in Ohio
  Vice President Dick Cheney was in Ohio on Monday raising money, and working to energize the party's base.

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